Box for holding coins.



. PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906.

R. H. FORSYTH.

BOX FOR HOLDING COINS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1905.

ROBERT H. FORSYTH, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BOX FOR HOLDING COINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1906.

Application filed July 28, 1905. Serial No. 271,649.

To all whmn it may concern;

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. FoRsYTH, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boxes for Holding Coins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a fastening and sealing device for boxes which are employed more particularly for the storage of coin in large quantities. Boxes for this purpose are constructed to receive a large number of coins arranged in a plurality of rows of columns or stacks, the box being formed with o enings in its sides and ends, through which t e columns of coins may be viewed throughout their entire length, so that the absence of a coin will be instantly detected, the end openings in the box permitting of a view of the sides of four adjacent columns. In Letters Patent of the United States No. 476,625, granted to me on the 7th day of June, 1892, a coin-box of this construction is disclosed, and it is to devices of this character that my present invention is mainly directed, the aim bein to provide a fastening and sealing device or securing the lid to the top of the box and for insuring detection in the event of an attempt to gain access to the contents.

With these ends in view my invention consists of the improved fastening device which will be fully described in the specification and the novel features pointed out in the claims.

The invention consists also in providing the box with a division-plate to facilitate the count of the coins, to take up lost space between the coins caused by wear, and to strengthen the box internally.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation through a coinbox having my invention embodied therein, the section being taken on the line a a of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, showing the fastening device at the left sealed and that at the right as it appears before the sealing-disk is applied. Fi 3 is a horizontal section on the line b b 0 Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the fastening device with its several parts separated. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the sealing-head. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the division-plate.

Referring to the drawings, 1 re resents a box or receptacle of rectangular orm comprising side walls 2, a bottom 3, and a removable top or lid 4, the bottom and 11d constituting, in effect, the end walls of the box. The box is adapted to receive and hold a large number of coins, which are stacked therein in vertical columns'5 6 7 8, &c., arranged in rows side by side, the four adjacent columns leaving between them a space or channel 9, extending throughout the length of the columns and of a general rectangular form in cross-section, the sides of said channel being formed by the curved sides of the four columns. In the present instance the box is of a form and size to accommodate ten columns or stacks arranged side by side in two rows of five columns each, so that there is presented between the stacks four channels or spaces, opposite the ends of which spaces the top and bottom of the box are formed, respectively, with openings 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, preferably of circular form and of a size which will expose a portion of each of the end coins of the four adjacent stacks. The purpose of this arrangement is that the e enings in the top and bottom of the box shal expose a space between the four stacks bounded on its four sides by a portion of each of the sides of the four columns, which space will present a general rectangular form with curved sides 18, 19, 20, and 21, with which space my improved fastening and sealing device is adapted to cooperate, as will now be described. This device consists of a throughbolt A, adapted to be passed through the space between the columns and through the openings in the top and bottom of the box and serving to hold the top removably in place, there being in the present instance two of these fastening-bolts, one at each end of the box. At one end the bolt has fixed to it a head B, formed with a squared shank b and with an annular flange b, the squared shank extending through the hole in the bottom of the box and into and fittin the rectangular space between the stacks 0 coins, while the. annular flange 6 extends outward and bears flatly against the bottom of the box. At its opposite end the bolt is threaded, as at a and has applied over its end a removable sealing-head 0, formed with a squared shank 0, extending through the o ening in the top and fitting in the rectangu ar space between the stacks and having a flange 0 extending outward and bearing against the top. The sealing-head is formed with a cavity 0 against the bottom of which a fastening-nut D, screwed on the threaded end of the bolt,

bears and by means of which nut the head C may be drawn tightly down on the lid, thereby holding the same firmly and rigidly against the top of the box.

The cavity in the sealing-nut is enlarged at its base and receives a sealing-disk E, of soft metal or analogous material, which after being seated in the cavity and on the nut is caused to tightly fill the former conveniently by mashing the disk down by means of a punch, as indicated in dotted" lines in Fig. 5. By reason of theform of the sealing-cavity with its .baseenlarged, producing. undercut sides, it, will be seen that the. sealing. material after being set cannot be removedbodily as a whole and again. replaced. Hence any attempt toremovethe lid to gain access to the coin will beindicated.

By providing, the heads 0f: the bolt with squared or angular shanks fitting the angular spaces formed by the sides of the coin-stacks these heads; areprevented frombeingturned, so that it is not. possible to separate the parts of; the fastening; device by unscrewing. them without first removing the sealing-disk and exposing the-,fastening-nut D. These angular shanks thus constitute means cooperating with-the coin-stacksfor, preventing the bolt or; heads from being turned relatively to the nut.

. Inorder that the count of. the .coins in the box maybe facilitated and any. loss ofspace caused bywear on, the sides ofthe coins be taken up, I- provide a division-plate F, which is. inserted withimthebox, preferably. midway of the-height of the columns of coinsand dividing-them intwowithan equal number of coins in. each division of: the several columns. Astshown more-particularly in Fig. 61,. this plate is rectangular inform and of a size, which will-exactly fit the interior of the box, being provided withopenings f, f f and f vcorresponding. in location and size With. the openingsthrough the top and bottom ofthe; box. In filling the box after half, theinumber of 'coinshave; beenstacked therein the divisionplate isplacedon the top of the. columns, after: whiclrtherremainder of the coins. are stackedon top of the plate andthe lid and fastening devices applied.

It frequently happens that the sides of coins,

Inoreparticularly; goldcoins, become worn through frequenthandling, and the aggregate. wear of ailarge number will be quite-noticeable. Inasmuch as the storingeboxes are of a size; to hold a determinate number of coins. of normal thickness, theywill not in every ease-by reason of wear fillthe box tightly, as they: should. By. the provision of my division-plate the lost spaceibetween the coins is'taken upand: they are. held tightly in the boxand; prevented from moving Furthermore, the division-plateigreatlystrengthens the box by affording an internal support midway between its ends.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In combination with a box or receptacle adapted to hold a plurality of stacks of coins, a lid therefor, a fastening device for the lid adapted to extend in the space between the coin stacks, and means cooperating with the sides of the coin stacks for preventing the fastening device from turning.

. 2. In combination. with a box adapted to hold stacks or columns of coins, a lid therefor, a fastening device for securing the lid in place, said fastening device adapted to extend in the space: between the: stacks of coin, and. a. head on said. fastening device adapted to fit in saidspace.

' 3. In combination with abox adapted to hold stacks of coins, a removable lid. therefor, a fastening-bolt extending. in the-space between the stacks of coins;.and a head on thebolt formed with a shank. fitting in the space between the coin. stacks.

Incombinationiwith a box. adapted to hold a plurality ofstacks of coins and having in its, ends, openings inline withithe space between the coin stacks, a .fastening bolt extending insaid space, and-heads on the ends of. the bolt; formed. with shanks extending through the. openings in the ends of the box and fitting; inthespace between the coin stacks.

5. In combinationwith a box adapted to hold a plurality of stacks of coins, aremovablelid therefor, the said lid and bottom of the box being formed. each with. an opening in line with; the; space between: the coin stacks, a bolt adapted to extend in said space, a head on one; end of the same formed with a; squared shank extending through the opening in the bottom of the box, fitting in the; space between the coin stacks and bearing against the outer side of the bottom, aremovable head on the opposite end of thebolt, formed with a squared shank extending through the opening. in the lid and fitting in the space between the coinstacks, and anut applied to. the end of the bolt-andserving to hold the parts together.

6. In combination with a coin-boxadapted to hold a plurality of stacks of coins, a removable lid therefor,1a fastening-bolt adapted to extend in the:- space between the coin stacks, and a-removable-seali11g-head for the bolt formed withan: undercutcavityv to receive. a sealing medium, andhaving an-opening through ltSib'Ott'OIIl toreceive the end of the bolt, said.partscooperatingwith the lid and serving to retain. thesamein place.

7. In combination; with a coin-box adapted-to hold a plurality of stacks of coins, a removable. lidv therefor, a fastening-bolt extending in the spacebetween the coin stacks and having its end threaded, a removable head adapted to be slipped over the threaded end of the bolt and formed with an angular shank fitting the space between the coin stacks, said head having a cavity to receive a sealing medium, and a fastening-nut screwed on the threaded end of the bolt within the cavity in the head.

8. In combination with a coin-box adapted to hold a plurality of stacks of coins, a removable lid therefor, a fastening-bolt extending in the space between the coin stacks, having one end threaded and having fixed to its opposite end a head formed with an angular shank fitting in the angular space between the coin stacks at one end, a removable head adapted to be slipped over the threaded end of the bolt and formed with an angular shank fitting the space between the coin stacks, said head having a cavity to receive a sealing medium, and a fasteningnut screwed on the threaded end of the bolt and situated in the cavity in the head.

9. In combination with a box adapted to hold a plurality of stacks of coins, and formed in its top and bottom with openings in line with the space between the coin stacks, a division-plate fitting within the box and divid ing the coin stacks and formed with openings in line with the space between the coinstacks.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 22d day of July, 1905, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

ROBERT H. FORSYTH.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. RIoRDoN, GEORGE H. KENNEDY, Jr. 

